Violence has been a central political issue in the Middle East during the past two decades, either episodically (Syria, Iran), or continually (Turkey, Egypt, Al

Explores the relation between histories of violence and their contemporary commemoration.

Covering a period from the late eighteenth century to today, this volume explores the phenomenon of urban violence in order to unveil general developments and h

This book explores violence in the public lives of modern Middle Eastern cities, approaching violence as an individual and collective experience, a historical e

Laura Robson examines the interactions between international and regional political economies of oil and water, and the increasingly explicit colonial and postc